governor huckabee: thank you.use. [applause] governor huckabee: here in the small town called hope, i was raised to believe where a person started did not mean that is where he had to stop. i always believed that a kid could go from hope to higher ground. like a lot of americans, i grew up in a small town that was far removed from the power, money, and influence that runs this country. the power and money and political influence have left a lot of americans lagging behind. they work hard, they lift heavy things, and they sweat through their clothes writing out a living. but they cannot seem to get ahead, or even stay even. my own parents like that. my dad was not an educated man that he was a smart man. he and my mother did not have a whole lot, but they had honesty to the bone. i taught my sister and me the basic lesson of life that we were to do unto others as we would have others do unto us. [applause] governor huckabee: it was here and hope that i learned how to swim, how to write a bike, how to read, how to w

[chanting] mike huckabee: thank you very much. [ chanting "we love mike"] mike huckabee: wow.ent house on a 2nd street in hope arkansas to the white house. [applause] mike huckabee: but here in this small town called hope, i was raised to believe that where a person started didn't mean that is where he had to stop. [applause] my cup to be: i always believed a kid could go from hope to higher ground. and like a lot of americans, i grew up in a small town that was far removed from the power money, and influence that runs this country. the power, money, and political influence have left a lot of americans lagging behind. they work hard, they lift heavy things and they sweat through , their clothes, but they can't seem to get ahead or stay even. my parents were like that. my dad was not an educated man but he was a smart man. he and my mother did not have a whole lot, but they had amish -- they had honesty to the bone. we were told to do unto others as we would have others do unto us. [applause] mike huckabee it was here in : hope that i learned to read, to write a bike, to swim,

we pray especially for mike huckabee.ank you for his life, a life lived and filled with character, conviction, courage. we thank you for his love, his love for you, his love for his family, his love for his country. we thank you for his leadership and his willingness to come forward at a time when our nation so desperately needs a man like him. lord, we thank you for the excitement and the hope that today's announcement brings. we are so grateful for the work that you have done in the life of mike huckabee to prepare him for such a time as this. so, load, we ask you to keep your hand on him, leave him, strengthen him. we pray this in your holy and mighty name. amen. >> [applause] >> if you will, please. >> thank you, rick. beautiful. ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the presentation of our nation's flag and remain standing. ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing as we begin. forward, march! >> [drums playing] ♪ >> forward, halt. >> guard. in position. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united dates of am

huckabee used to be worked at fox.e quit in early january to run for president and since then he has not been seen or heard. largely's skipping the cattle calls in iowa at the other candidates have attended. john, out there today, what did we learn from huckabee and about him that we have not learned before? john: there is a question about whether we learned much about him that we did not know before. except for the emphasis shift, this is the mike huckabee from 2008. there is not much that is new. that is a big strategic challenge for him because he is surrounded by fresh new faces. mark: if today was a roadmap to how he was going to run, it was a lot more about hope and about his biography than it was about his governing record. given the attacks on his governing record last time, i thought he might try to paint a picture on his success as a conservative governor. he barely did that. john: he is not the only guy who has done this so far. clear jabs at the clintons and jeb bush. the populism is partly substantial. he

huckabee: i know most of you can't.our children and grandchildren. i walked away from my own income to do this, so i'm not asking you for a sacrifice i'm not willing to make. i do not have a global foundation or a taxpayer-funded paycheck to live off of. i do not come from a family dynasty, but a working family. i grew up blue-collar, not blueblood. so i ask you to join with me not just so i can be president, but so we can preserve this great republic and someday so that your children and grandchildren can still go from hope to higher ground. [applause] [cheers] gov. huckabee: i still remember well when my dad took me to the dedication of the newly constructed boat ark lake, a few miles from here. it is now name for dr. lester sykes, my best friend since third grade who is here today. i was 8 years old and my dad said, "son, the governor is going to come and dedicate this new lake -- and i'm going to take you down there to hear him make a talk -- because you may live your whole life and you may never get to meet a gover

mike huckabee: thank you.at way, it would have been a very lonely day if you had not. [laughter] mike huckabee: it was a years ago that a young, untested, inexperienced and virtually unknown freshman senator made great speeches about hope and change. eight years later, our debt has more than doubled, america's leadership in the world has instantly evaporated, and the country is more polarized than ever in my lifetime. 93 million americans don't have jobs. many of them who do have seen their full-time job with benefits they once had become two part-time jobs with no benefits at all. we were promised hope, but it was just talk. and now we need the kind of change that really could get america from hope to higher ground. [applause] mike huckabee: veterans who kept their promises to america who have kept us free, now wait for months for our country to keep its promise to veterans for basic health care and assistance to cope with the scars of the very wars we sent them to fight. [applause] mike huckabee: our veteran

but we pray especially for mike huckabee.his life, a life lived filled with character, conviction, courage. we thank you for his love, his love for you, his love for his family, his love for his country. we thank you for his leadership and his willingness to come forward at a time when our destiny -- our nation so desperately needs a man like him. we thank you for the excitement and the hope that today's announcement brings. we are so grateful for the work you have done in the life of mike huckabee to prepare him for such a sign -- such a time as this. we ask you to lead him strengthen him as he embarks on this journey. we pray this in your holy and mighty name. amen. >> thank you, rick. thank you, rick. beautiful. ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the presentation of our nation's flag, and remain standing for the pledge and our national anthem. ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing as we begin. [marching drums] >> please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of a

. >> welcome to the race, governor huckabee. that is all for now. "the ed show" is up next. >>> good evening americans, and welcome to "the ed show," live from new york. let's get to work! tonight -- >> i am a candidate for president of the united states of america! >>> plus -- >> hillary clinton is taking her presidential campaign to nevada today. >> i have a lot of admiration for hillary clinton, but she clearly is not trustworthy. >>> later -- >> just about nowhere else on the planet where there's more at risk from sea level rise so fast. >>> and -- >> governor greg abbott is defending his decision to watch over a u.s. military training exercise. >> we're not going to interfere with their privacy or their rights. >> i didn't believe a single word that he just said. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. it is official the reverend mike huckabee is going to do it again. he wants to be president of the united states. huckabee kicked off the campaign from his hometown of hope arkansas, earlier today. the former baptist pre

then tuesday, mike huckabee joins the race during hope arkansas. hillary clinton is going to las vegas as well. across the pond, john cleese and others will be watching as we well the u.k. election. plenty to watch. which one of it will get the bulk of your attention? john: if the kentucky derby and the prizefight were in the same place, i would watch that. i will pay most attention to mike huckabee. he has been the missing person. great skill and made it clear he will run for several months and has been nowhere to be seen. this is a chance for him to be a player in this race or not. i want to see what he does. mark: that is the event i am watching, too. if you look back at 2008, he did not emphasize his arkansas record enough and he got hammered as being too liberal. whether he raised taxes too much. he had a democratic legislature. today his campaign put out a video which we will talk about in which he really emphasizes the arkansas record and the fact he chooses to do the announcement in arkansas -- you saw rand paul do an announcement. at some

with mike huckabee, i like mike huckabee. was glad that even the first time and i was hoping he would have done a lot better. i think this time, this is his second term running and i feel like he will be a lot better and i think he would be a lot better than jeb bush would be. host: mike huckabee ran in 2008. our caller was talking about potential candidates. here is a political report this morning about elizabeth warren who says to not enter the race. she met privately with the draft warned supporters in massachusetts. she recently hobbled with progressives affiliated with the campaign urging her to run for president. her office insists she was unaware of any connection. next up is linda on the independents line. caller: my comment is first of all we thought you are wasting your time and money. there was a spark to him we hadn't seen before. i don't think it would hurt for him to get in the race. i am glad romney dropped out. note non-democrat will win because of the unionization of all the hospitality industry and the legal

huckabee is a very appealing guy.ad his gig here at fox all liked him. he's one of the nicest guys around. the question is whether he has the ability to break through in an early state and then parlay that as he tried to do in the past into a big national campaign against a lot of people with a lot of money and a lot of name recognition? >> he'll always have hope. brit great to see you. >> thanks megyn. >>> we have breaking news tonight on who was behind that weekend terror attack in texas. >>> and new fallout in the first amendment fight now raging over this case. >> this is what happens when you light the fuse. you get violence. >> that's -- i -- but you sound like you are defending -- >> no i'm not. >> you are attacking the event itself. when you're not confident you have complete visibility into your business, it can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. with innovative solutions that connect machines and people... to keep your internet of things in-sync, in real-time. leaving

huckabee kick off his campaign today with the speech in his hometown of hope, arkansas. he is pitching himself as the the best candidate to take on hillary clinton who is leading contender on the democratic side n his 2008 bid for the by the house huckabee won eight states but eventually ran out of cash. >> as president i promise you will get what you pay for because how can anyone ever trust government again if they steel from frustrates and lie to us. >> huckabee joins an already crowded field of g.o.p. presidential hopefuls, just yesterday, the retired neurosurgeon ben carson and

ted cruz stands on nuke -- on on huckabee's hopes. huckabee has to play catch-up. attitudes about huckabee are set. he needs to change people's thinking. he's not just a guy to plays the bass. he's a guy who is a fighter and is in this thing to win it. that's the perception he has to overcome. bill: look at the "wall street journal" poll. if you went little deemer you would find huckabee. marco rubio is at the moment most republicans can support if he's on the ticket. what does that say? >> it says as american voters focus on foreign policy he's there to meet them. maybe rubio isn't in the lead in the raw horse race. but when we look at second place and willingness to support rubio jumps way out. that's a good place to be. the place nobody the field is to have people amenable to you. 21% of republicans in the field didn't even know who scott walker was. as walker becomes famous. if he continues to win over supporters with the race he has and name identification he has he will be a formidable go to fight jeb bush to the finish. bill: thank you sir. chris tires -- ch

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we begin in huckabee's hometown of hope, arkansas, where huckabee made his announcement and which happens to be the birthplace of none other than bill clinton. huckabee is hoping to be the choice of social conservatives, though unlike in his 2008 presidential run when he won the iowa caucuses, huckabee faces stiffer competition for social conservative votes. rick santorum, ted cruise and others expecting to target the same set of republican voters. >> witness the slaughter of over 55 million babies in the name of choice and we are now threatening the foundation of religious liberty by criminalizing christianity and demanding that we abandon biblical principals of natural marriage. >> it wasn't all doom and gloom with the huckabee announcement. here is how the event kicked off. ♪ >> yes, tony orlando was in the house, although huckabee's rollout was not quite as smooth as tony orlando's stylings. huckabee said his campaign would be funded by small funders not billionaires. >> rest assured, if you want to give a million, please, do it. but i know most of you can't. >> the supreme court has

what would the huckabee doctrine be? >> we're going to have an incredibly strong not only military but national policy. if we say there's a red line, by gosh there's a red line. if you cross it there's going to be consequences. >> reporter: huckabee insists he's ready for the rigors of campaign life again. >> last year alone i traveled 369,000 miles. so over the past eight years, all i've done is travel. i've lived the life of a war warrior. >> reporter: traveling with him, his wife of over 45 years. is your family into this? >> yeah. i wouldn't even think about it if i didn't have the full support of my family. this is hard enough if your family is with you. it is impossible if they are not. >> reporter: it's a long haul. >> it's a long haul. it's brutal. i think having been through this process before is a good thing. i believe that it better prepares one to do it. but it also gives you a real sobering understanding of what one must engage in in order to be effective and successful. >> and we'll cover governor's announ

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mike huckabee for president and be afraid of jade helm. candidate we are pretty sure who is going to announce on june 1st is rick perry. he made a little stab at trying to be the voice of reason on the jade helm issue. he is trying to be the voice of reason on this. watch how his handlers pull him away in the middle of his comments. >> texas monitoring the u.s. military? >> i am one of these guys, i think it is okay to question your government. i do it on a pretty regular basecy. the military is something else. i think our military is quite trust worthy. the civilian leadership, you can always question that but not the men and women -- >> governor perry, when should we expect an announcement? >> he has to go. stop talking. pity the poor republican politician who needs to figure out the appropriate line on this to avoid offending the base, which is upset about this matter, but also needing to not seem insane to the rest of the country. this is one of the issues that is hilarious to the rest of the real world and totally serious in the real

mike huckabee is an old face.n is whether he can capture that evangelical vote and do really well. host: who of three fiorina carsons and huckabee are the other candidates most afraid of? caller: i think there isn't a question that huckabee

what would the huckabee doctrine be?g to have an incredibly strong not only military but national policy. if we say there's a red line, by gosh there's a red line. if you cross it there's going to be consequences. >> reporter: huckabee insists he's ready for the rigors of campaign life again. >> last year alone i traveled 369,000 miles. so over the past eight years, all i've done is travel. i've lived the life of a war warrior. >> reporter: traveling with him, his wife of over 45 years. is your family into this? >> yeah. i wouldn't even think about it if i didn't have the full support of my family. this is hard enough if your family is with you. it is impossible if they are not. >> reporter: it's a long haul. >> it's a long haul. it's brutal. i think having been through this process before is a good thing. i believe that it better prepares one to do it. but it also gives you a real sobering understanding of what one must engage in in order to be effective and successful. >> and we'll cover governor's announcement from ho

just wait until it is president huckabee in a couple of years. >>> former arkansas governor, mike huckabee running again for president. there are so many contenders and potential contenders for the presidency on the republican side that we are going to get some kind of announcement about someone basically every day between now an the summer. on monday this week, we got ben carson announcing in the morning and carly fiorina announcing in the afternoon and then mike huckabee and then michigan governor, rick snyder would not run and that we might get rick santorum by the end of the month. the huckabee announcement provides a particularly good snapshot of something going on in republicanville that does not necessarily make sense in the rest of the country. but because it is going on in republicanville, it is going to be a national hum in the rest of our politics. just because republicans are into it if no one else understands it. here is how it goes. in conservative politics, one of mike huckabee's most potent allies has always been chuck norris. yes, chuck norris. he is now 75 years old. chuc

huckabee is where he was in '08. the country has moved radically. i'm not judging whether he ought to have it removed or not. i respect him for not. but it isn't going to help him because of the way that the country has changed. if he hopes that having the evangelical vote alone is going to carry him in he has no chance. >> most polls have him in the top tier right now. so we'll see where he goes. >>> next up why the supersecrecy surrounding president obama's new trade deal. comfort keepers can provide a variety of in-home services for your aging loved ones. we'll assess their needs and create a custom care plan that can change as their needs change. ♪ ♪ ♪ just because your bladder is changing doesn't mean you have to. with tena's unique super-absorbent micro-beads that lock in moisture and odor... you can keep being the one with a new story. tena - lets you be you. you total your brand new car. nobody's hurt,but there will still be pain. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what a

supreme court battle validating marriage equality and those are the huckabee voters. >> huckabee tries to make a case to that voter today. >> but we have lost our way morally. we have lost 55 million babies in the name of choice, and we are criminalizing christianity and demanding that we abandon biblical principles. >> huckabee was governor from 1956 to 2007, and has mastered politics but he's not short on passion for serious issues. >> we will deal with jihadis like we will deal with deadly snakes, and let there be no doubt, israel will know, as will the whole world that we are their trusted friend. >> the question for huckabee, nicknamed huckster, by his detractors, is whether voters will be buying his type of politics in 2016. >> mike huckabee can talk about where he grew up, but americans don't want a friend anymore. they have had that for eight years. they want a manager and a boss, and he has to be able to demonstrate that he can do that better than hilliary clinton. >> tony orlando provided the entertainment this morning and now we watch if 2016 will be a new dawn for governor

although huckabee's rollout was not quite as smooth.bee told his audience his campaign would be funded by small donors not billionaires, before adding this. >> now, rest assured, if you want to give a million dollars, please do it. but i know most of you can't. >> the supreme court has knocked down most of the limits on campaign financing particularly through super pacs and her agency is largely unable to enforce the laws that do exist, it is still, just for the record, to just hand the candidate a million dollars and for a candidate to solicit that much money, which means as "the washington post" pointed out, huckabee kicked off his campaign with a possible violation of campaign finance law. more on that in a bit. but first, we take you to roncho high school in las vegas where hillary clinton joined a student round table this afternoon and made a very important declaration, staking out a clear position for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. clinton's announcement made it a high school where 70% of students are hispanic

the mcdonald's here in hope has huckabee's name on top of it. we met one of his classmates from kindergarten who once play in a carport band with huckabee. the class of 1973 at hope high school. a lot of excitement here. the question is whether that translates across the campaign trail. huckabee comes into a really crowded field here, especially on the right. you have people who like ted cruz who is a fresher face than huckabee might be. he came out of nowhere to win the iowa caucuses back in 2008. that sent him on to a fox news tv show that he's had ever since then. but like you said he should be here shortly. we're going to hear some music from tony orlando who is just up on stage rehearsing. we're also expecting the duggar family from the tlc show "19 kids and counting" to be here in attendance. >> we'll see you again next hour as we get closer to huckabee's big announcement. >>> we're just getting started on this tuesday edition of "the rundown." hillary clinton heads to las vegas. the presidential hopeful's third major campaign stop since a

huckabee's books and his radio and tv shows-- >> stay tuned. >> reporter: have kept him in the public eye ever since. in a new cbs news/"new york times" poll 47% of republicans say they'd consider voting for huckabee putting him second only to florida senator marco rubio, who tops our poll for the first time. rubio's former mentor, former florida governor jeb bush slipped to third. huckabee argues that he took on the clinton machine in arkansas and could do so again in a general election. he saved his sharpest barb today, though, not for hillary clinton but for president obama. >> when i hear our current president say he wants christians to get off their high horse so we can make nice with radical jihadists? i wonder? >> no! >> i wonder if he could watch a western from the 50s and be able to figure out who the good guys and the the bad guys really are. >> reporter: huckabee's aides acknowledge he's going to have to broaden his base beyond evangelicals to win which is yscott he began making a pitch today to seniors arguing that unlike many of his opponents, he has no plans to tirchg we

huckabee started by taking direct aim at president obama.dent has not delivered on the hope and change he promised. >> 93 million americans don't have jobs and many of them who do have seen their full-time job with benefits they once had become two part-time jobs with no benefits at all. we were promised hope. but it was just talk. and now we need the kind of change that really could get america from hope to higher ground. [ applause ] >> let's bring in our chief political analyst gloria borger and chief congressional correspondent dana bash. gloria what is huckabee's form mall entry into the race mean among evangelical voters some. >> it means the field is getting really crowded almost like up to a half dozen or so that occupy the space that he basically had to himself in 2008. you know he ran very successfully in 2008. he was the overall delegate runner-up in 2008. did very well in iowa. and so if he's going to have a serious presidential campaign he's going to have to do well in iowa and a lot of folks standing in his way right now. >> i

mike huckabee's image shifted too.itico" puts it times change and mike huckabee has changed with him. he says his party doesn't want sweet talking guys. this time around he thinks the republican wants somebody who can eat nails and spit out tax and mike huckabee adapted. huckabee showing his not so soft side this week when he took a swipe at president obama's policy. >> dealing with radicals who chant death to america and fund bombs and rockets to israel is nonsense. when i hear our current president say he wants christians to get off their high horse so we can make nice with radical jihadists, i wonder -- i wonder if he could watch a western from the '50s and be able to figure out who the good guys and the bad guys really are. >> with me now to talk about this republican strategist and cnn political commentator anna navaro, a and noelle political strategist. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> seems like republicans are toughening up and democrats are softening. >> i don't know that mike huckabee is rebra

mike huckabee ready to run and his attack includes a familiar target. let's talk live in the "cnn newsroom." >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. we begin with breaking news. an acclaim sure to startle many americans. isis says it carried out its first attack on u.s. soil. the terror group claiming responsibility for the attack in garland, texas, on sunday. isis is calling the men its soldiers. they were outfitted with assault weapons and body armor and had traveled more than 1,000 miles from their home in phoenix. we have new details this morning on those gunmen and the investigation. >> carol, what investigators are now focusing on is combing through the evidence that they have collected out of the apartment that these two men shared. they were roommates in phoenix. the apartment in this complex behind me. investigators want to figure out if if there was a link. simpson grew up here in phoenix. we have these images of him from high school and from the looks of it he had a very typical upbringing. he was captain of his high s

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former governor mike huckabee expected to announce his name in the hat for president in 2016. at the live desk i'm erika gonzalez. we'll bring you nor as it becomes available to us. >>> i'm steam team 4 meteorologist chuck bell with your weather headlines. rain chances on the up and up for later today and tomorrow. there is even a possibility of thunder around later on today. all eyes turning to mother's day weekend as well. that's all coming up. this little batch is going to stay away from us. it's all part of a very weak weather front which will be dropping down into the region later on this afternoon. as that front runs into the warm air we have out ahead of it we could bubble up a shower or thundershower. 80 degrees in leesburg and fredericksburg. 75 in gaithersburg and washington. still 65 on the western shore in annapolis. afternoon planner, showers getting more and more likely after 2:00 3:00 4:00 this afternoon. more about tomorrow coming up. >>> all right, chuck. well we know a whole lot of you will be grewed to your tv to watch the wizards playoff game. they face the

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for mike huckabee, it was hope arkansas and megan kelly. carson it was a detroit station and megan kelly, cnn, cnbc chris wallace. all three republicans with back-to-back announcements competing for media attention. >> how do you think you can distinguish, deafifferentiate yourself from those competing for conservative christians? >> first of all, i think that among evangelical christians, i'm not somebody who just started talking about the message. this is who i am. >> how do you convince voters you have the relevant experience to be president? >> our nation was intended to be a citizen government. somehow we've come to this place in our nation's history where we think we need a personal and political class. i don't believe that. >> why should the country in this day and age entrust foreign policy to a self-admitted novice on the issue? >> i've learned an enormous amount about foreign policy in the last few months. >> joining us now susan ferrechio, chief political correspondent for "the washington examiner." in new york, betsy woodruff po

>> no i don't think huckabee gets that. i think fair tax thing is good but economic populism can be a little dangerous for republican. >> some of the things that he mentioned very quickly, heather, people go great talking points. certainly ral lit republican base like abolishing the irs. very ted cruzian. >> like a bully. >> what did you think of the speech? >> how he set up location in hope, arkansas, to juxtapose two different elements, being against hope and change with became and clintons obviously in the campaign in 2008. >> they are from arkansas. >> see if he can further that. and some little catch phrases in the speech that were particularly good. we will remember them, but can he follow through. >> a lot of people in the base seem to like him. we'll keep an eye on him. we're now learning one of the gun men who opened fire outside that muhammad cartoon contest in texas was known to the fbi for years if elton some son was on -- simpson was on authority's radar so long how come no unwith saw this coming. >>> lawyer fo

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ted cruz and mike huckabee not too far behind. bush, for his formidable organization, and ties, doesn't seem to be healed and shoulders above the field at all. >> you are right. it's an example of what we mean by a flat field. >> what happens in a flat field is people you never expect to mount a campaign is able to do so, and means that the leading candidate doesn't have to appeal to many members of the party. someone like jed bush benefits to a certain amount to the flat field not because he thought conservatives on the right, breaking up the base and vying for support. if he's able to win a small number of the remaining moderates in the party, he can take this nomination, of course, a draw back will be he can be beat up by the end of the process. depending if the conservatives stay in the race, and if they feel they can make a go of it like south carolina, and push ahead. this is a good sign for jed bush, and depending what happens, he could feel the effects of this going forward. >>> does the money and how people are raising mo

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former arkansas governor, mike huckabee has officially thrown his hat into the ring, again. he became the third republican in two days to join the race. craig boswell reports from washington. >> reporter: republican mike huckabee announced his second bid for the white house in hope, arkansas. >> it seems perfectly fitting that it would be here that i announce that i am a candidate for the president of the united states. >> reporter: the former arkansas governor and preacher won the iowa caucus in 2008 with the help of social conservatives. this time, he's looking to expand his appeal calling for the repeal of president obama's health care reform law and criticizing negotiations with iran. >> hell will freeze over before they get a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: immigration is a part of huckabee's pitch. >> yes, we need to address the immigration issues. not with amnesty. we need to start by taking control of our own borders. >> reporter: huckabee is trying to present himself as the best candidate to challenge democratic front-runner, hillary clinton. clinton, choosing round ta

mike huckabee is hoping the second time is a charm. the former arkansas governor announced his second bid for the white house in his home town of hope the same place that lunched bill clinton's career, it's a long way from a little brick house in hope, arkansas to the white house. he made an impact in the primaries winning eight states including the iowa caucuses but this time around he is fighting for the same support in a republican field that is crowded with social conservatives so huckabee is expanding his message to appeal to working class conservatives and pitching himself as the best candidate to beat hillary clinton, the republican field stands at six and dr. ben carson announced yesterday and ran paul and ted cruz and marco rubio are already working the campaign trail and looming large is jeb bush and scott walker and they could come in in the next couple of weeks. and there are others considering a presidential run. >> the abc news poll had jeb bush on top at 28% and walker behind but the candidates are hoping to shake up the

how does huckabee entering the race impact the other republican candidates if at all?you know i certainly think it's going tab quite a different impact than it was eight years ago when he ran. but there's in question that he brings a different kind of feel and vibe to this race. i mean you covered hum along with me back in 2007 2008. he can connect with voters and give a speak frankly like no one else can. mark corue be is good at giving the oratory. mike huckabee can connect on a very different level. he's a former pastor and a former radio host. we know he spent a lot of years at fox news. and that ability to turn a phrase and to use his words in a way that people can understand is really unique. >> and that works in iowa when you can contact to voters in small rooms. but, jeff as you and i covered back there in 2007 2008 huckabee was not able to convert his big win in iowa to anything more. is he prepared to do something differently this time around? >> i think he is. one, his win came a bit of a surprise even to him back then. they were not preparing for this. he w